swift protocol conformance when same property name is optional

When a protocol declares a property as optional and a concrete type declares it as non-optional, how can I make the concrete type conform to the protocol?

Here's the problem:

protocol Track {
    var trackNumber: Int? { get } // not all tracks have a track number
}

struct SpotifyTrack {
    let trackNumber: Int // all SpotifyTrack are guaranteed to have a track number
}

extension SpotifyTrack: Track {
    var trackNumber: Int? {
        return self.trackNumber // WARNING: All paths through this function will call itself
    }
}

I don't want to make trackNumber optional in SpotifyTrack because I know the value will always be there for SpotifyTracks. Are there are any solutions more elegant than just renaming the properties?

There is no elegant solution to your problem other than renaming the conflicting property on the conforming type.

Swift doesn't allow 2 properties of the same name to exist on a type even if their types are different. On the other hand, Int? and Int are completely different types, so you cannot have trackNumber: Int fulfil the protocol requirement of trackNumber: Int?.

The only solution (other than changing the type in either the protocol or the struct) is to rename the non-Optional property in SpotifyTrack and make an optional computed property of the same name returning the non-optional one.

protocol Track {
    var trackNumber: Int? { get }
}
struct SpotifyTrack {
    private let _trackNumber: Int
}
extension SpotifyTrack: Track {
    var trackNumber: Int? { _trackNumber }
}